Tipstat Infotech

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the managing director of an Insurtech company that specializes in industrializing index insurance solutions to mitigate the effects of adverse weather, climate change, and natural catastrophes.

What challenge were you trying to address with Tipstat Infotech?

We needed help implementing a software program for our website.

What was the scope of their involvement?

They implemented a program that was designed to provide online pricing for web certificates.

What is the team composition?

We worked with five people from their team.

How did you come to work with Tipstat Infotech?

We found them on a freelancer platform.

How much have you invested with them?

We had a budget of $7,500.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in June 2020, and we wrapped up in September 2020.

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement? 

They were great to work with. The team was punctual and did everything they needed to do to get the job done. No one has complained yet.

How did Tipstat Infotech perform from a project management standpoint?

They did well with project management. We used Zoom meetings to manage the project.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They did the job well, which is why we were happy with them. In our next phase, we’ll continue to use them.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No, they were actually great at keeping us on schedule.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Like any project, it’s up to the customer to be concise with what you ask them to do. You also need to provide a reasonable time frame. If they can achieve all of those things, then things will do well.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I manage and operate an IT web consultancy company and hired Tipstat to help me with a web development project. I partner with clients to help them with development and marketing needs.

For what projects/services did your company hire Tipstat Infotech, and what were your goals?

We hired Tipstat to help us develop a custom CMS platform for customers to manage Helium Hotspots. The challenge lay in creating a front-end application without wireframes because we needed to move fast.

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

We found them through Upwork and Tipstat demonstrated expertise in communication and development staffing for both front-end and back-end developers.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

We developed a front-end web application using React JS.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

Two people: 

• Front-End Developer 
• Project Manager

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

We were able to hit our deliverables and the development team was able to successfully work in an agile environment without delay.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

We had a dedicated project manager for this project who was helpful in using Asana, email, and Slack.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

They were reliable in terms of communication and project execution timing.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

The communication around staffing could have been better. One of the developers on the project wound up leaving and the integration of a new developer could have gone a bit smoother.